GAME 18 – Saturday, January 18, 2025
Rider Broncs (6-11, 2-4 MAAC) vs. Marist Red Foxes (13-2, 6-0 MAAC)
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY – McCann Arena
Tip: 7 p.m.
Tickets – GoBroncs.com
Live Video – ESPN+
International Stream – MAAC.TV
Live Audio – 107.7 The Bronc Retro
Live Stats – GoRedFoxes.com
X (Formerly Twitter) – Twitter.com/RiderMBB
 
What You Need To Know
- Rider returns to action Saturday, when it travels to league-leading Marist.    
- After opening the season at 4-2, the Rider lost nine-straight before snapping the skid with consecutive wins at Niagara (Jan. 12) and at home vs. Mount St. Mary's (Jan. 16). 
- Jay Alvarez scored a team-high 19 points and the Broncs made 16 steals on 25 turnovers forced against Mount St. Mary's on Thursday. Ruben Rodriguez and Flash Burton led the Broncs with four thefts apiece.
- T.J. Weeks Jr. has been the Broncs' leading scorer, averaging 13.1 points per game. He's scored in double figures 13 times in 16 games played, including a season-high 21 points at Fairfield.
- Rider is 5-0 this season when holding the opposition to fewer than 72 points.
- Rider leads the all-time series with Marist, 42-28. The Broncs have dominated the series with the Red Foxes over the last 16 years to the tune of a 27-7 mark against Marist dating back to the 2007-08 season. However, the Red Foxes swept last year's season series with a pair of double-digit victories. 
- John Dunne's squad has posted a 13-2 overall record with a perfect 6-0 league mark so far this year. The lone losses came in the season opener at Harvard and Nov. 30 at Lehigh.
- The Red Foxes are led by Josh Pascarelli at 16.8 points per game, while Elijah Lewis (12.8 ppg.) and Jackson Price (10.7 ppg.) have also averaged in double figures. Jadin Collins-Roberts has contributed 8.0 ppg., 5.1 rpg. and 3.4 apg., while Jaden Daughtry has chipped in with 6.2 ppg. and a team-high 5.9 rpg.
- The Broncs were picked seventh in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll.
- 13th-year Head Coach Kevin Baggett's teams have posted a 198-194 record. Baggett won MAAC Coach of the Year in 2015 and 2018.
- Only John Carpenter (292) has more wins at Rider.
- Listen to all Rider men's and women's home games this season, along with select road games, on 107.7 The Bronc Retro WRRC2. Tune in online at 1077TheBronc.com, or download our free Google Play, Apple, Alexa, Audacy and MyTuner apps and skills. Search and download: WRRC2.